Howard Vreeland,

Anderson & Vreeland (A&V), a leading supplier of flexo prepress equipment and materials, marks a milestone in January, 2011—a half-century of supplying platemaking equipment and materials to the flexographic industry.

BRYAN, Ohio—Stork Prints, a manufacturer of direct laser engraving systems, has appointed Anderson & Vreeland, Inc. as its distributor in the United States, effective immediately. Stork Prints offers a complete range of direct laser engraving systems including the Helios 6010, a system that digitally engraves flexo, dry offset, and letterpress plates and sleeves in a single system. Howard Vreeland, Jr., COO of A&V, noted, “With Stork, we now have the world’s most advanced, high-quality direct laser engraving systems to offer our customers. These systems complement our extensive line of platemaking equipment to create the broadest, most advanced selection of flexo plate processing equipment.” Anderson

BRYAN,Ohio— Mekrom Inc., an innovative leader in the manufacture of photopolymer plate processors, has appointed Anderson & Vreeland, Inc. as its distributor in the United States and Canada, effective immediately.   Mekrom offers a complete range of flexo plate processors using the latest technologies to produce high-quality, print-ready plates at an optimized cost, like the HTD dryer that dries flexo plates in 15 to 30 minutes. Howard Vreeland, Jr., Chief Operating Officer of A&V, noted, "Mekrom processors represent a strategic fit into our extensive product line of the industry's finest flexographic equipment.  With Mekrom, we now have the most advanced, high-quality plate processing technology to

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—You can personally sponsor an individual high school student's travel by providing Frequent Flyer Points or an airline ticket for those participating in the International Phoenix Challenge High School Flexo Skills Competition, April 7-8, 2005. The annual competition, held at the Harper Campus, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, anticipates about 46 students competing in 2005 on one Mark Andy and two Comco flexo presses; with at least 32 of the participants traveling from outside the Carolinas. Students from Toronto, Canada; Winnipeg, Canada; New Jersey and Wisconsin, etc., will be flying to Charlotte for the intense two-day competition, accompanied by their teachers/instructors. According